The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accused both the CPI(M) and the RSS of lacking empathy for the people. Speaking at a memorial meeting in Puthuppally, Kottayam, marking the second death anniversary of former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Friday, 18 July, Gandhi urged Congress workers to imbibe Chandy’s deeply humane and people-centric approach to politics.